National Practitioner Data Bank

A databank established by the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services to collect and release information on the professional competence and conduct of physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health care practitioners. The data include adverse actions on physicians' malpractice, licensure, hospital privileges, concealing of pertinent information, and the like.

Year introduced: 1992

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Tree Number(s): L01.313.500.750.300.188.400.600, L01.470.750.750.600

MeSH Unique ID: D016749

Entry Terms:

• National Practitioner Databank
• Databank, National Practitioner
• Databanks, National Practitioner
• National Practitioner Databanks
• Practitioner Databank, National
• Practitioner Databanks, National

Previous Indexing:

• Information Systems (1989-1991)
• Malpractice (1989-1991)

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Information Science Category
Information Science
Informatics
Medical Informatics
Medical Informatics Applications
Information Systems
Databases as Topic
Databases, Factual
National Practitioner Data Bank

All MeSH Categories
Information Science Category
Information Science
Information Storage and Retrieval
Databases as Topic
Databases, Factual
National Practitioner Data Bank